Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Strategy and Transformation

Valerie is Deputy Chief Executive of Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust. In her current role Valerie’s portfolio includes strategy and transformation. She has previously been Chief Operating Officer in two multi-site District General Hospitals.

During her NHS career Valerie has operated in leadership roles in all sectors – mental health, learning disability and community services as well as in the acute sector – and she has worked both in operational and strategic roles.

With over 20 years’ experience at Board level she has a deep understanding of the sector and a track record in bringing about complex service changes and performance improvement. Valerie also has a broader understanding of public sector challenges gained from previous roles in the voluntary sector and local government.

She is a graduate of Keble College, Oxford, holds an MBA from Henley Management College, and is a graduate of the NHS Top Leaders’ Programme.

About the Trust

We are the largest provider of acute hospital services in Surrey, serving a population of more than 410,000 people in the boroughs of Runnymede, Spelthorne, Woking and parts of Elmbridge, Hounslow, Surrey Heath and beyond.

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Ashford Hospital

Ashford Hospital is situated on the A30 to the west of London, close to the junction 13 of the M25 and Heathrow Airport.

London Road, Ashford, Surrey, TW15 3AA

Switchboard: 01784 884488

St Peter's Hospital

St. Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey is situated in greenbelt parkland between Woking and Chertsey near junction 11 of the M25.